The Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections through the Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Sites of lines</td><td align="center">Quantity seen in 2012 CLABSI patients</td><td align="center">Quantity seen in 2013 CLABSI patients</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Internal jugular</td><td align="center">31</td><td align="center">9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Subclavian</td><td align="center">24</td><td align="center">9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Femoral</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">External jugular</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unknown</td><td align="center">19</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Location of central venous catheters in CLABSI patients.

Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Table 3: The Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections through the Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team 